[geoka9]

So I guess you can do shelling and ethnic cleansing of those who don't support your desire to break away?

http://www.rferl.org/a/Eyewitness_Accounts_Confirm_Shelling_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_...

[dagenleg]

Both sides committed crimes in Kosovo, you know. History rarely is as black and white as you would want it to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Kosovo_War#K...

[geoka9]

My argument is that South Ossetian leaders did do "whatever they wanted" there, and the Russians condoned and helped them, contrary to what you're alluding to above.